27 RECORD
VISIT 27 RECORD SHOP
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL IN NOKSAN, FOLLOW THE MUSIC
THE 27 RECORD SHOP, WHICH CLOSED DOWN A FEW YEARS AGO, IS BUT A MEMORY TODAY
Just who is this girl?
Do-hun.
Kwon Do-hun.
You need to get up. It's time to go to school.
You're gonna be late and blame me again.
Go away!
Min-ju.
Get Do-hun to have breakfast before he goes to school.
Make sure he eats, even if he says he doesn't want to.
Okay.
Eat before you go.
Why didn't you wake me up? I must go early for cleaning duties.
-I woke you up earlier. -When did you wake me up?
Whatever. It's all your fault if I'm late.
BASED ON THE TAIWANESE DRAMA SOMEDAY OR ONE DAY
AHN HYO-SEOP
JEON YEO-BEEN
KANG HOON
WRITTEN BY CHOI HYO-BI
DIRECTED BY KIM JIN-WON
A TIME CALLED YOU
Kwon Min-ju.
He has something to say.
PE will be held outside.
Okay.
Where have you been?
Me? Oh, I just…
Come on.
Did we have homework?
You got this, Min-ju!
You got this.
You seem really close to Nam Si-heon these days.
I often see you with him.
Lucky you, having a popular guy like Nam Si-heon be so nice to you.
Get ready!
Hey, why are you so nice to Kwon Min-ju these days? Do you like her?
-Or do you like her? -What?
I mean, it's weird.
It's not like she's pretty like Byeon Da-hyeon.
Why are you hanging out with someone so gloomy?
Do I need a reason to be friends with someone from my class?
Come on. We're not kids here. A guy and a girl can't just be friends.
But then again,
girls like Kwon Min-ju will fall for you if you show signs of kindness.
Take that back.
You little bastard.
I've been going easy on you because you're sick.
Go ahead. I'm not scared of punks like you who are all talk.
Sir, these two are fighting.
What? Who's fighting?
Wait.
I was mistaken.
-Stop playing around. I'm busy right now. -I'm sorry, sir.
-Come with me, damn it. -Hey, come on. Stop it.
-Get him later. -Let's go. Come on.
Why did you do that?
You'll lose against him. Park Min-sang is a good fighter.
No need to thank me.
-He's here. -There he is.
Hey, Nam Si-heon.
At least you're not as clueless as Jung In-gyu, huh?
Make sure he knows his place from now on.
Hey, you still should've taught him a lesson for acting up.
-For your reputation. -Shit.
What's the point of beating up a wimp like him?
I felt sorry for him, so I went easy on him.
Right? He's such an ass.
Too bad.
Aren't you the one who's the real wimp?
What?
Deep down, you were scared back there when In-gyu didn't back down, weren't you?
If I hadn't stepped in, he would have punched you.
Look at you, coward.
You bastard!
Hey! Come watch.
They're fighting!
Damn it.
Wipe your bloody nose, asshole.
Who went easy on who?
You're no match even for In-gyu, you bastard.
Talk shit about In-gyu or Kwon Min-ju one more time,
and you'll end up worse than this.
Do you understand?
I said, do you understand?
I got it.
Damn it.
27 RECORD
Han Jun-hee! I finally found…
Hey!
Jeez, are you looking at that picture again?
You just can't take your eyes off of it.
I'm starting to get upset.
Why? Over what?
I'm talking about this girl.
Doesn't she look prettier than me the more you look at her?
What do you think?
I think that she looks exactly like you.
Come on. Take a closer look.
Don't you think she's cuter than me?
Maybe it's because she's young.
-What is it? -Hey.
Are you becoming jealous of Yeon-jun now?
-Ridiculous, isn't it? -Totally.
I envy you.
When am I ever going to experience that kind of love?
It still bothers me,
the thought that Yeon-jun might have liked me because I look like that girl.
HOW THE MELODY OF THE 27 RECORD SHOP TURNED INTO THE AROMA OF COFFEE AT CAFE 27
Is this the 27 Record Shop in the picture?
Actually, I looked it up, but they closed a few years ago.
That's right. They did.
But the owner of the 27 Record Shop opened another business, which is…
Cafe 27?
Bingo.
How did you find out?
I searched the Internet obsessively instead of doing my job.
So? Wanna go there with me after work?
Oh, I forgot.
I have to leave first to go to the academy.
But you don't have classes today.
-Yes, I do. -No, you don't.
-I do. -No, you don't.
Yes, I really do.
I'm leaving so you can be alone with her, dimwit.
I'll get going.
-You take her home. -Okay.
Si-heon can be quite cheeky, can't he?
But he's actually a nice guy.
How long have you been friends with Nam Si-heon?
We've been friends since elementary school.
You're so lucky.
You guys are not just any friends. You're best friends.
I wish I could know how it feels…
to have a friend like that.
That's the hearing aid that I always wear.
Without it, I can't hear anything in my right ear.
I guess you didn't know.
I didn't notice it at all.
Ever since I started wearing the hearing aid,
kids would make fun of me, calling me handicapped or a grandpa.
I really hated going to school, but then Si-heon approached me.
What's that in your ear?
-It's a hearing aid. -What's that?
I can't hear out of one ear, so I have to wear the hearing aid so I can hear.
Wow, that's interesting. Can I try it on too?
Huh?
This is my favorite marble. I'll give it to you.
In return, let me wear it once.
Okay.
Hey, what are you doing?
What are you doing?
You have a really cool device. I envy you.
Ever since that day,
Si-heon would beat up anyone who teased me about my hearing aid.
He's always on my side, no matter what.
That's when I realized what a true friend is.
Let me ask you just one thing.
Does it bother you that I wear a hearing aid?
From now on, you're my friend, like Si-heon.
Really?
Absolutely.
So from now on, say hi back when I say hi at school.
You'll do that, won't you?
So, if you take your hearing aid out,
you only have one ear to understand what someone is saying?
I can also understand them by reading their lips.
I know how to read lips a bit.
I see.
Huh? What?
Are the lights off?
Are they already closed?
CLOSED TODAY
They're closed today.
Man, that's just our luck, I guess.
Come on. Let's come back later.
The train is approaching the station.
Please mind the gap between the platform and the train as you exit and board.
The doors are closing.
Why aren't you getting changed?
Don't smile like that.
By any chance…
are you hoping that I fall in love with you…
because you look like the girl in that picture?
Because you'd be able to finally let me go if that was the reason?
That's it, isn't it?
You were looking for a reason to let me go.
Yes.
You're right.
I want to find evidence that your love for me wasn't genuine
so that I can forget you.
If I don't do that,
how could I possibly get over you?
How?
I still
can't accept that you're gone.
But people keep telling me that I need to move on.
But if you say you always loved me,
how could I possibly get over you?
Just before,
I even saw you at the subway station.
Even though I knew that my mind was playing tricks on me
and that it was not real,
I still thought my heart would stop.
If you…
if you were going to leave me like this…
you shouldn't have come into my life.
How do you expect me to go on by myself?
If you were going to do this to me, if things were going to end up like this,
you shouldn't have come into my life in the first place!
Right?
"No one is alone. Neither am I."
"Even on a day when you stand as a loner under the sky, at least the sky is…"
You got this, Min-ju!
You got this.
Why on earth would they want to be friends with me?
Is it like a pyramid scheme or something?
I told you I'm going to take Do-hun with me!
Who are you to stop me from taking my son with me?
As if you can be a good dad!
Should I let him learn how to cheat like his father?
Hey, it's way better than learning from a mother who works at a bar!
Do you think I do it because I want to?
I wouldn't have to work like this if you brought home money!
If you continue to be like this,
I'll take Do-hun and disappear somewhere where you'll never find us!
Go ahead and try.
You'll never be able to hide from me.
Instead of arguing, why don't we just call Do-hun here?
Let's ask him who he wants to live with.
Will you please stop?
That's a good idea. We'll just ask Do-hun.
Why? You can't really think that he'd want to go with you.
Will you both please just stop?
How long have you been there?
Seeing as how both of you are arguing only about who takes Do-hun,
I suppose you don't care what happens to me.
Hey, that's not true.
It's just that Do-hun is still young, so--
I'm still young too!
I'm also still a minor,
and I can still get hurt too, okay?
Why do I always have to play second fiddle?
How could you two do this to me? How?
-Hey, Min… -Min-ju.
What are you doing here?
How about you?
I heard Titanic was good, so I rented it.
I don't think you'd answer me if I asked you why you were crying.
Then let's do this.
If you tell me why, I'll tell you a secret of my own.
Then you won't have to worry about me telling anyone. What do you think?
I really won't tell anyone.
It's just that
it seems like my mom and dad only care about my little brother.
I was crying because it upset me.
Little brother?
It's been like that ever since we were little.
They'd forget about my birthday and just let it pass,
but on my brother's birthday, they'd buy him a cake
and presents too.
But it's not just that. It's always how everything is for me.
Whether it's at home or at school,
I guess I'm not very noticeable.
My secret is that after our second year, I'll be emigrating to the US.
What? But why?
Like many others,
my parents had a flourishing restaurant that went under because of the IMF Crisis.
We're going to live with my grandpa in the US.
Hey, this is a secret that even In-gyu doesn't know.
You can't tell him, okay?
But you're best friends with In-gyu.
So, why?
Because it's obvious In-gyu will be sad if I tell him that I'm moving away.
I don't want us to be sad during the little time we have left.
I don't know about anything else, but I'm really good at making friends.
That's why I'll be fine when I move to the US.
But
it's different for In-gyu.
That's why I'm hoping you'll be good friends with him.
So that even if I'm not here,
he won't become a loner like before.
27 RECORD
The album your friend ordered is here.
-Hey, give that back! -Thanks for the Choco Pie!
You'll be dead meat when I catch you!
-Go ahead and try! -Give it back!
-You got this, Si-heon! -Go for it!
You're amazing!
-Nice! -Nice!
He's so good!
You got this!
-Nice! -Nice!
Nam Si-heon!
He's so cool!
Nice!
Si-heon is awesome!
Nam Si-heon!
-Go for it! -Go, Si-heon!
Hey, Kwon--
Hey, Kwon Min-ju!
Yes?
Why are you so lost in thought?
I… Over there…
You should say hello when a friend greets you.
I heard you promised In-gyu you'd greet him if he said hello.
Then you should greet me too. I'm your friend as well.
Hasn't Seo Ji-won's album come in yet?
No.
Please ask our testers to upload photos with and without editing.
Oh, and take a look at this.
Instead of uploading only the same old selfies like these,
ask them to mix in some scenery or food photos that are Instagram-worthy.
-Okay. I understand. -Okay.
Do you know where Ms. Han Jun-hee is?
Ms. Han is over there.
-There? -Yes.
Excuse me, Ms. Han Jun-hee?
-Yes? -Here's a package for you. Bye.
TO MS. HAN JUN-HEE
I wonder who sent it.
What time?
Hey, Jun-hee.
Come over here. Come on.
-Yes? -Hey.
Cafe 27 is open today. Do you want to go?
Hello.
Excuse me.
Are you the owner of this place?
Min-ju…
The name you just said, Min-ju,
is that the name of the girl in this photograph?
Of course I recognize this picture.
I'm the one who took it.
Oh, you did?
Then you must know who the kids in this picture are too.
This girl is my niece.
Her name is Kwon Min-ju.
When I ran a record shop in Noksan,
my niece would come help out from time to time.
So, do you know who this boy is, then?
I think he's Min-ju's friend from school.
Do you know his name by any chance?
I'm not really sure about his name.
Whenever Min-ju was working at the shop,
these two boys came to visit quite often.
Then, could you please give us your niece's number?
Oh, that's a little…
Sir, we just need to check something about the guy in this picture.
That's why we want to talk to your niece.
We're not trying to do anything creepy, so you don't have to worry.
You really don't have to worry.
It wasn't because of that.
It's just that I can't contact my niece, even if I wanted to.
It's been a long time
since Min-ju passed away.
27 RECORD
-Happy birthday to you -Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday, dear
-Kwon Min-ju -Kwon Min-ju
-Happy birthday to you -Happy birthday to you
What are you doing?
-Make a wish and blow out the candle. -Right.
Min-ju.
In-gyu took ages to pick out that gift.
He said yours was really old.
Thank you.
-You're not sad anymore, are you? -Huh?
The other day, you were upset your parents only celebrated your brother's birthday.
I just remembered. I have to help my grandmother.
-At this hour? -Yeah.
-Please take Min-ju home. -What?
Hey! Jung In-gyu!
What was that?
Shall we go, then?
Okay.
Hold on tight. You don't want to fall and get hurt on your birthday.
Okay.
Thank you for the ride.
Sure. Go on in.
Wait. I have something to give you.
Oh, it came in.
But I don't have any cash on me.
You can just have it.
You gave me an expensive birthday gift.
I bought it with In-gyu.
Okay.
Thanks for the tape.
I HOPE THIS MUSIC TAKES YOU TO YOUR HAPPIEST MOMENT
Oh, I…
I was just hoping you'd be happy when you listened to it.
Okay. Thanks.
Nam Si-heon.
Thank you so much for wishing me a happy birthday.
I didn't think you'd remember what I said.
In-gyu did so much to throw you that surprise birthday party today.
In-gyu was the one who asked your uncle and found out your birthday was today.
I hope you know how much effort he put in to make you happy.
Do you know what my wish was when I blew out the candle?
I wished that I could become the kind of girl you like.
So that someday…
that someday, you would like me back.
I know…
I know you won't like me as I am right now.
Even if it's far into the future,
if I really become the kind of girl you could like--
I'm never going to like you in that way.
Is it because In-gyu likes me?
Because he's your friend?
It has nothing to do with In-gyu.
I consider you a friend.
I've never thought of you as anything else.
I'm going to pretend I didn't hear what you just said.
So make sure you don't show it in front of In-gyu. Okay?
I'll get going.
Kwon Min-ju passed away in 1998.
That picture was also taken in the same year.
In 1998, Yeon-jun was in the fourth grade.
So he was 11 years old.
So there's no way that guy is Yeon-jun. No way whatsoever.
So that's that! Right?
I guess you're right.
He wasn't Yeon-jun after all.
Hey! You were worried about nothing. So, why do you still look so sad?
If…
that guy was Yeon-jun
and that girl was really someone that Yeon-jun liked,
would that have helped me get over him?
Everyone else seems…
to be getting ready to let him go.
But I don't understand why I can't do that.
I can't continue like this.
Mom.
Mom?
Do-hun!
Kwon Do-hun!
Mom!
Seo Ji-won?
"I hope this music takes you to your happiest moment."
What do I do, Uncle?
Mom took Do-hun and ran away from home.
Last time, she said she was going to take Do-hun and disappear.
She really must have run away without me.
What am I going to do now?
I'll be right over.
Min-ju.
Don't cry. Wait there for me.
Okay.
NOKSAN TRANSPORTATION
When the lights outside the window
Start dimming one by one
I write a letter to the sky
You left me for someone else
But I still cannot forget you
So I gather my tears…
Oh, taxi!
And send them off to the sky
Though I'm not your love
If you look for me
I'll lower myself to lie next to you
And I'll tell you That because I cannot forget you
I'll just continue to love you
Dear, I'm going to wait…
Yeon-jun.
It was my birthday a few days ago.
This was the first year I spent my birthday without you.
The birthday wish I made this year…
was to let me see you again, just once more.
Yeon-jun.
I miss you.
I will believe it and gather my tears…
Even if it's just once…
please come to me.
Taxi!
If you look for me
I'll lower myself to lie next to you
And I'll tell you That because I cannot forget you
I'll just continue to love you
Dear, I'm going to wait
When my letter of tears reaches the sky
Someday, you will come back
To me
UNREAD
READ
YEON-JUN
I keep forgetting my birthday because you take care of it like this.
Ms. Han Jun-hee?
I'm never going to like you in that way.
I can't bear to be apart from you for a single week, let alone a year.
No. I won't do it.
Kwon Min-ju, I'm back again.
Kwon Min-ju.
When my letter of tears reaches the sky
Someday, you will come back
To me
Dear, I'm going to wait…
Hey, Kwon Min-ju!
Kwon Min-ju!
Are you awake?
Do you recognize me? Do you?
Yeon-jun.
Hey, what's wrong? Are you in pain?
Yeon-jun.
Are you really Yeon-jun?
Are you?
You…
you're really Yeon-jun, right?
Yeon-jun.
I missed you.
I missed you so much, Yeon-jun.
Subtitle translation by: Sung In Jang
Ripped and corrected by YoungJedi